Difficulty Level
intermediate
Translations
🇩🇪 grunzen
, 🇪🇸 gruñir
, 🇮🇹 ringhiare
, 🇵🇹 rosnar
, 🇨🇳 哼叫
, 🇯🇵 うなる
, 🇰🇷 울부짖다
, 🇸🇦 ينبح
, 🇮🇳 गुर्राना
Usage Examples
- Le chien a commencé à grogner dès qu'il a vu l'inconnu.
- Elle grogne parfois quand elle est en retard pour l'école.
- Le moteur grogne, signe qu'il a besoin d'entretien.
Etymology
**Etymology of *grogner***
*Grogner* comes from the Old French verb **grougner** (late 12th c.), an onomatopoeic form that imitates a low, guttural growl. It is derived from a Proto‑Germanic root *grun-/*grūn- meaning “to grumble or growl,” cognate with German *grunzen* and Dutch *grunzen*. The spelling was regularized in the early modern period, but the word’s basic sense of a deep, low growl has stayed essentially unchanged.
Synonyms
grommeler
gémir
râler
protester
se plaindre
bougner
se lamenter
Antonyms
se réjouir
se contenter
se satisfaire
s'épanouir